Jeremy Lin is Taiwanese-American. That didn't stop his success with the Knicks, the $25 million contract he earned from the Houston Rockets or the 13.1 points and 6.1 assists he's currently averaging.

Lin, 24, does think it hurt him back in 2006, when he didn't receive scholarship offers from Pac-12 schools like UCLA or his hometown Stanford Cardinal, despite being named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year.

"I think the obvious thing in my mind is that I was an Asian-American," Lin told CBS' 60 Minutes. "Which is a whole different issue, but I think that was a barrier."

Lin was asked why his heritage would get in the way.

"It's a stereotype," Lin said simply. As noted by SI, this isn't the first time Lin has spoken candidly on the topic.

"In terms of looking at somebody ... I don't know whether he was discriminated against because he was at Harvard," Stern said with a laugh, according to CBSNews.com. "Or because he was Asian."

After bouncing around with the Golden State Warriors, Rockets and NBA D-League, Lin landed in New York, where he averaged 14.6 points, 6.2 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 35 games last season, starting the "Linsanity" craze. He signed a three-year, $25 million contract with Houston in the offseason that the Knicks opted not to match.